Rosa DeLauro actually said...

"As a Nation how we can go back on the commitment to literacy is absolutely, I believe, unacceptable and it is irresponsible."

"I cannot stress the importance of Head Start enough."

"I am pleased that, unlike the budget put forward by the majority here in the House, this request invests in continued medical research at the National Institutes of Health."

"I think we want to get the record that shows that, Madam Secretary, that we are going to get the $1,000,000,000 back, and that we are going to fund the money in the 2012 bill."